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Photograph of a temple tower under construction or consecration, with a bamboo scaffold wrapped around a stone shikhara on a flat concrete roof under a clear pale sky. Several priests in white dhotis and orange or saffron robes climb and stand on the wooden scaffolding, one in a red shawl. A man in saffron stands at the left with a uniformed official nearby. On the right edge, a figure in an orange robe with an orange head wrap stands apart on the roof. A crowd of men in white shirts, dhotis and checked clothing watches from the roof and ground below. No readable text is visible on the structure or banners.

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